BAHAWALPUR: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his second wife over an argument about not divorcing his first wife. Police said Ghulam Yaseen, a resident of Ghanna village, had married Malookan Mai in 2012. He had a daughter from this marriage and Mai was six-month pregnant with a second child. They said […]
KARACHI – There is a need to establish a women university in Karachi. As a matter of fact, the population of the metropolis has increased rapidly over the years, exceeding the 15 million mark with majority of women and there is no single public university for women in the City. Fifteen years have been elapsed, […]
LAHORE: A man stabbed to death his wife after she was found in objectionable condition in the bedroom with her paramour in Manga Mandi, police said on Tuesday. The woman succumbs to injuries in the way to hospital while the killer managed escape. Police investigators said that the deceased, identified as Rehana Bibi from Mushtaqabad, […]
By: Mashal Usman KARACHI: Despite the fact that women are systematically educated into believing their place is at home, an overwhelmingly female audience gathered to listen to four women talk on Tuesday. St Joseph’s College for Women’s principal Dr Bernadette Dean, senior journalist Zubeida Mustafa, Aurat Foundation’s director Mahnaz Rahman and National Commission for the […]
KHUDAYAR MOHLA Resuming hearing on Media Commission’s report on transparent distribution of government advertisements in the media on Tuesday, the Supreme Court sought a report from the federation on the issue. A two-member bench of Justices Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing identical petitions filed against the federation on the release […]
Islamabad: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launching its annual report “state of Human Rights in 2012” here at local hotel on 4th April (Thursday). In the launching ceremony Zohra Yusuf, I.A. Rehman and Kamran Arif will address on the report. Source: Business Recorder
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday admitted a petition for regular hearing, challenging election procedure for women in parliament and Punjab Assembly. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah sought replies from the Election Commission of Pakistan, law secretary and others within two weeks. Petitioner, lawyer Tariq Aziz Malik submitted that there were 188 reserved […]
LAHORE: Aurat Foundation Lahore has launched provincial General Election Monitoring (GEM) Cell to monitor the upcoming elections in Pakistan from a gender perspective. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Aurat Foundation stated that the aim of GEM Cell is to enhance women’s political participation during election and in post-election period. Under this initiative a […]
PESHAWAR: The local police arrested a key accused in the killing of a young woman at the Lady Reading Hospital last week, a source said on Tuesday.The source said Jamshed of Pajaggi was arrested for involvement in the killing of a young woman Noor Bibi, whose body was later dumped in the bathroom of the […]
Karachi: Disagreement over the distribution of party tickets on reserved seats for women is fuelling internal dissent among the PML-F’s women members who have been affiliated with the party since 2000. Sources said on Tuesday that the party’s media cell chief awarded the tickets to his favourites, including his wife, “as these ticket winners were […]
Shazia Hasan KARACHI: “Feminists have started calling history ‘her story’ because of the missing contributions of women from history books,” said minister for Human Rights and Women Development in Sindh Anis Haroon at a seminar, ‘Pakistani women in a changing society’, held at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist) on Tuesday. […]
Acid-throwing is a form of violent assault, a horrific act of burning a person with acid, with the intention of injuring or disfiguring a woman out of jealousy or revenge. According to the Acid Survivor’s Foundation in Pakistan, there is a high survival rate amongst victims of acid attacks. Consequently the victim is faced with […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar The theme of the 74 paintings on display is derived from the stories of countless women, who are deprived of their rights and dreams by our society. The artist prefers using oil on canvas to portray the nuances and complexities of women’s life in our patriarchal society. One of her paintings titled […]
AMID the din of election rallies, the clash of political workers and scuffles and more over tickets and constituencies, two women from Pakistan’s conservative areas quietly stepped forward and filed nomination papers for the May 11 polls. It was a big step for those two women — Badam Zari from Bajaur and Nusrat Begum from […]
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